Cap with a printed band

ABSTRACT

A baseball-style cap having a crown portion made of multiple panels, a visor part which is attached to the front part of the crown portion and a headband attached to and extending around the lower inside edge of the crown portion. At least one of said multiple of panels is made of mesh material so that inside can be seen, and emblem like numbers, figures and others that user wants are printed or embroidered on outside of the said headband, and the said panel that made of mesh material and the emblems of the said headband are overlapped each other so that the emblems of headband can be seen between the panels made of mesh material, which provides an unique decorative effect.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention is related to the field of a baseball-style capwith a printed band whose quality has been improved more by emphasizingthe unique decoration as emblems like characters, numbers, figures aremarked on headband of a cap, and the panel, which is made of meshmaterial, and is one of the panels comprising the crown portion, themain body of a cap, is overlapped.

2. Description of the Related Art

A baseball style cap generally includes a crown main body, which is mainportion of cap and is made of one or more of panels, a visor portionthat is secured to the forward edge of the crown and extends outwardlytherefrom, a headband attached to the lower part of the inside of thecrown.

A cap is being worn to protect our faces from sun light on leisureactivity or exercise as well as to create fashion in our daily lives.

In the trend for cap, many caps featuring various types of decoration oncrown and visor have been developed. For example, in the U.S. Pat. No.5,136,726 of Elizabeth Kellin, an inventor, for featuring thesedecorative effect on crown portion and visor, the cap has the detachabledecorative elements to have a multiplicity of hook elements adapted toengage the loop elements of the stretchable material.

For another example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,983,400 of Robert A.Kronenberger, an inventor, for having the decorative effect, the cap hasemblem or logo to be connected from crown to visor portion, and userscan express the emblem or logo like characters, numbers, and figuresusing these various kinds of decorative effect.

However, to satisfy the desire of users, who consider headwear as a partof passion, much more changes have been needed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing, the main object of the present invention, tosatisfy various desires of users, is to provide a cap to improve thedecorative effect more by making headband portion, comprising a portionof a cap, that emblems like numbers, characters and figures are markedon, and panels of crown portion made of mesh material may lookoverlapped.

In accordance with this object, the present invention is directed to acap having a crown portion which is main portion of a cap and is made ofmultiple panels, a visor part which is attached to the front part of thesaid crown portion and headband to and extending around the lower insideedge of the said crown portion.

The cap has the feature that one or more of panels among the panelscomprising the said crown portion are made of mesh materials and has theother feature that on the said headband portion emblems or logo likenumbers, characters and figures are marked according to the need ofuser. As the methods of expressing the said emblems or logo, print orembroidery including other possible methods can be used. The cap havingthe unique feature of decorative effect can be created by overlappingone or more panels of the said crown portion made of mesh materials andoutside of headband that emblems or logo like numbers, characters andfigures are marked on.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is the right side view of cap according to the present invention;and

FIG. 2 is the partially magnified view of A portion of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 is the sectional view of structure of the overlapping portion ofpanel made of mesh material and outside of headband that emblems aremarked on according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is the bottom view of cap according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

In describing a preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated in thedrawings, although only one preferred embodiment of the invention isexplained in detail, it is to be understood that the embodiment is givenby way of illustration only. It is not intended that the invention belimited in its scope to the details of construction and arrangement ofcomponents set forth in the following description or illustrated in thedrawings. Also, in describing the preferred embodiments, specificterminology will be resorted to for the sake of clarity. It is to beunderstood that each specific term includes all technical equivalentswhich operate in a similar manner to accomplish a similar purpose.

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, thepresent invention is directed to a cap having a printed band as shown inFIG. 1.

As illustrated in the FIGS. 1 and 2, the cap includes a plurality ofpanels forming a crown main body, generally designated by the referencenumeral 1, a visor portion 2 that is secured to the forward edge of thecrown 1, and a headband 3 that is secured to the lower peripheral edgeof the interior of the crown 1. The said crown portion 1 consists of thepanels made of usual fabric and the other panel 4, made of meshmaterial, which includes at least one or more of panels among panelscomprising crown portion 1 of the cap according to the presentinvention. On outside of the said headband 3, the characters that userswant are printed, and logo or emblem like numbers, figures and so on canalso be marked as much as user want, and for the methods of expressingthe said numbers, characters and figures, print or embroidery includingother possible methods can be used.

The panel that made of mesh material on the said crown portion isoverlapped with the headband that the said characters are printed sothat the printed characters on the headband portion are seen between thepanels made of mesh material, which improve the quality of cap more asit has an unique decorative effect.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the main distinguishing portion according tothe present invention is the overlapped portion of panel made of meshmaterial of the said crown portion 1 and headband portion 3 that emblemsare printed on according to the user's need, which structurally consistsof the panel portion 4 made of mesh material, the emblem portion 5printed on headband and general fabric portion 6. The said printedemblems 5 are only in outside fabric portion of headband, not in inside.

1. A baseball-style cap comprising: a crown main body having a pluralityof panels; a visor portion secured to a forward portion of a peripheraledge of said crown main body and extending outwardly therefrom; aheadband attached along said lower peripheral edge of said crown mainbody, At least one of said plurality of panels of said crown is made ofmesh material so that inside can be seen, and emblem like numbers,figures and so on that user wants are printed on outside of the saidheadband, and the said panel, made of mesh material, is overlapped withthe emblems, which is represented on outside of the said headband sothat the emblems outside of the said headband can be seen between thepanels made of mesh material.
 2. The cap as set forth in claim 1,wherein said emblems outside of the said headband are represented byprint.
 3. The cap as set forth in claim 1, wherein said emblems outsideof the said headband are represented by embroidery.
 4. A headwearcomprising: a crown main body having a plurality of panels; a brimportion secured to a forward portion of a peripheral edge of said crownmain body and extending outwardly therefrom; a headband attached alongsaid lower peripheral edge of said crown main body, At least one of saidplurality of panels of said crown is made of mesh material so thatinside can be seen, and emblem like numbers, figures and so on that userwants are printed on outside of the said headband, and the said panel,made of mesh material, is overlapped with the emblems, which isrepresented on outside of the said headband so that the emblems outsideof the said headband can be seen between the panels made of meshmaterial.
 5. The cap as set forth in claim 4, wherein said emblemsoutside of the said headband are represented by print.
 6. The cap as setforth in claim 4, wherein said emblems outside of the said headband arerepresented by embroidery.